/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.android.dx.cf.attrib;

import com.android.dx.cf.iface.Attribute;

/**
 * Base implementation of {@link Attribute}, which directly stores the attribute
 * name but leaves the rest up to subclasses.
 */
public abstract class BaseAttribute implements Attribute {

	/** {@code non-null;} attribute name */
	private final String name;

	/**
	 * Constructs an instance.
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 *            {@code non-null;} attribute name
	 */
	public BaseAttribute(String name) {
		if (name == null) {
			throw new NullPointerException("name == null");
		}

		this.name = name;
	}

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
}
